removing door panel 1996 jeep cherokee

When I pushed in the locking mechanism to open the door it broke off and fell down inside the door well.  I can only open the door now from the inside.  I am very mechanically inclined (Last month smoke was coming out of the ignition keyhole and I changed out the whole assembly by myself) but am not a mechanic.  There isn't anything I can't do.  I just need some pointers if you please.

I know I can fix it...I just cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the door panel off.  It is my wife's vehicle and I dare not screw it up.   I have done exhaustive searches and while I have found many 'how to do it' sites, none have helped.  You guys seem to be way beyond the 'how do I get the stupid door panel off" question.  So....if you have any knowledge on that I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.

Hey xtreamcc,

Thanks alot for your reply.  And you were correct.  Too late to do me any good but hey that's okay. I had to get the job done today so I just went for it.  Wasn't that big of a deal.  The really hard part was finding the door handle.  Finally found one in a junk yard and it was off of a '94.  Oh yeah, the REALLY hard part was getting the little cover thing over the dillymajiggy that moves the side mirror.  I finally had to go to the mall and hit Sears for the part.  It took a T6 star tool.  It was harder to find that than the door handle. lol  Thanks again dude.

It took me 6 hours from start to finish but I did it and it is the same as it ever was.  

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